As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
As the pandemic challenges the Greater Boston arts scene, Interim Director of Arts and Culture Eva Rosenberg highlights some of the ways Live Arts Boston is pivoting to support artists facing new realities - and opportunities.
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The new Fellows will shape our work in as many ways as we hope the program will shape theirs, writes Vetto Casado, who leads the program.
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The new class of fifteen Fellows will take part in a two-year learning program and provide a valuable, proximate, decision-making voice to inform and improve the Foundation's work.
Read moreThe Boston Foundation today announced it had awarded $770,000 in grants to organizations and collaboratives to meet critical needs of residents in 11 Greater Boston communities that are a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds represent the first payouts of just under $2.5 million being pledged for distribution by the Boston Foundation, made possible by state funding.
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This month, Dorchester elementary students will have a chance to win money for their schools through exercise, thanks to $25,000 in grants recently announced by The Boston Foundation and The Reebok Foundation as part of Boston Back in Motion, an initiative aimed at inspiring young Bostonians to stay active as schools transition back to in-person learning.
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Cambrdige Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui announced Thursday that the city, through a public-private partnership, has raised $1.5 million for an initiative that gives out $500 a month to 120 households headed by a lone caretaker. The Boston Foundation is supporting this effort alongside the Cambridge Community Foundation, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others.
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A new poll conducted by the MassInc Polling Group for WBUR, co-sponsored by the Boston Foundation and the Dorchester Reporter, reveals that about eighty percent of Boston voters feel racism is.a serious issue in the city.
Read moreA new poll conducted by the MassInc Polling Group for WBUR, co-sponsored by the Boston Foundation and the Dorchester Reporter, reveals that Boston voters widely view housing as unaffordable and support rent control. Voters were also polled on their familiarity with and favorability towards Boston mayoral candidates.
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A new report released at the Boston Foundation lays out the needed changes to create a strong ecosystem for entrepreneurs of color, and tracks the racial entrepreneurship gap in Massachusetts.
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A report from the Boston Foundation, the Boston Private Industry Council, Burning Glass Technologies and NextGen Talent explores the labor market experiences of recent college graduates from Boston Public Schools, and examines how well graduates are connecting to internships & landing “that good first job” after graduation.
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A web collection and a new report capture some of the impacts and lessons learned of the Place Leadership Network, a year-long pilot bringing together a diverse cohort of place-based organizations to learn, build a network, and work toward creating more equitable spaces in Greater Boston
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Before COVID-19 forced school closures across Massachusetts, the Boston Foundation partnered with the Rennie Center to conduct a case study of the Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School. The case study tells the Banneker’s remarkable story of school improvement and sustained excellence, describing how the school achieves success by creating an environment that celebrates and affirms the culture and identity of every student, family, and staff member.
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The end of 2020 was marked by the announcement of a new President and CEO for the Foundation, conversations with leaders across the U.S. about racial inequality and economic justice, and research that proposes bold solutions to intractable problems.